West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-03-31

rclof But no, YOU arc like shin ON iire
at SEA. They keep the matches down
anu tho Captain Is frvuucd, and ne
gives orders that no ono hail the paS,ing
ships. He says; II shall either land TINS vcS
SCI IN hamburg or ON the bottom OF the occan.
and don't caro- which" Nuu,lcr IA a
snip OF tho w hite star line passing Nondcr
ono of tho National line Nonder ono al tha
lnnan line But thoy know not there is any
calamity happening ON that ono vessel. Oh
IL tho captain would only put hls trumpet TO
hlS lip, and cry out: Lower your boats
Bear down this way We are burning upl
Flre'e FTcW No. No. No signal rs gwen
II That vessel pCriShoS, having hailed no one,
whose fault Will 10 bot Win lt be the fault OF
the snip that hid it, calamity, or will II bo
thc lault OF tho vessels that, passing ON tho
high seas, would have boon glad To furnish rc.
hct II II had been only askc1i lu other words
my brother, n You miss heaven IL will bc
your own fault
No ono Carcs for Your soull Xyhv I'm nU tina
ages there have been mon whose entire busi-
ness was soul saving. In this work Nluuson
went down under the knives OF the cannihals
whom he had como to save. and Rol,ort Nc
Cheyue preached himself TO death by thirty
years OF age, aud John Bunyun was thrown
INTO dungeon in BCdforishirc and Jchudi
Ashn0n endured all the m0larins OF the Afri-
can jungle, and there are hundrcls and thou
sands OF Christian mon and women now who
are praying, tolllug, preaching, living, dying,
TO save souls
No one cares FOR your soul Have Won heard
oily hNe or SIX mtlts from BC,ltvne,u ~
Calvary, tho birthplace and tho deathplnce
! OF Christ; but who can tell how many miles
| II was from tho throne 10 the mangcri How
many miles down, how many miles back
| ognlni The place of his departure was the
! Iocus OF all srlcndur and pomp; all tho
! thrones facing his throne, his name the chorus
| IN every song and the inscription on cvory
| banner; ms landing place a Cattlo pcn, NAL
] odorous with unwOShod brutcs, and dogs
! growing in and out of the stable Born
! Of a weary mother who had iourncycd
! eighty miles i'm severe unhcath that she
might iind tho right place for the Lords ma
| uNlty-horn, not rs other princes, under the
uash of chandelier but under "A lantern
swung 10y Il rope TO the roof of the barn In
that place Christ started 10 savo YOU Your
name Your lace, your time, your eternity,
IN ChfistS mind Sometimes travelling on
muies back TO escape old Herods massacre
sometimes attempting nervous sleep on the
chlIN hillside, SOM 'tlmc, earning his break
| la-t hN tho carpentry of plow I'm Qunran-
t1nio the stones of the field. bv their shane
and color, looking like the luaVcs OF bread
tautaliziug his hunger. Vet all the timo
keeping ON after YOU with drcnchcl cont
treading the surf nt GcncS,nrrt Howlod after
! bN a hioodthuety mob. Denounced us a
diunknfd Mourning over a doomed city
Wihe others shouted at the sight of tho SHIN
mc'lug towers. All the time comius on and
coming ON % save YOU. Indicted a. being n
traitor against government, pcriurcd wit
]
hls butchCry. tloggcd, spit on slammed i'm
the face and then hoistrd ON rough lumber,
lu sight of earth aud heaven and hell TO
purchase your eternal emancipation. From
the irst infant step TO tho last stop Of man
hpodon tho sharp spike of Calvary "a Journey
| Tor YOU Oh how lac cared for your soul,
| By dolorous arithmetic add mp the stable the
WintrY tempest the midnight dampness the
a'Si .'encc OF forty days from food, the brutal
S&'h"irlm, the heights of Golgotha, across
which all the hatr ds Of earth and all the
turie- of he'll charged with their buyonets, and
Jhoh dare to say again that no one cares for
| your soul
\ young man might ns well go Off from
! nome and give hs father and mother no init
nation as 90 whore hc has gone and cross
ing the seas, sitting down i'm some foreign
country, cold, sick and hungry aud lonely,
| saying: My father and mother don't care
| anything about mc.n DO not care nnvthing
about him Why, that fathers hair Inns
turned gray since his son went Off lie has
written 70 all tho consuls in tho foreign ports,
asking about that son. Does not the mother
care anything about hint He has broken her
heart She has never smiled since ho went
away. All day long, and almost all night,
She keeps asking: "Whcrc is her Where can
ne beE lie rs tho FIRST thought in her prayer
nnd the last thought in hcr prayer tho first
thought m tho morning and tho last at night.
She says "Oh God, bring back my boyi I
must SEQ him again before die Where is
het must soc him again before / die ooh
| 90 not hls tnthcr and mother cnrr for him
You go away from your Heavenly Fnther,
! and Won think ho does not care for Won
| because YOU VIII not oven read the letters by
Wn'h he iuVt s you ~ come baclS, while
an heaven rs waiting, and waiting, and wait
ing FOR you 10 return Young mnn enid To
hiH lhticr' ~ nu going Off. / will write 10
Won dt the end Of seven years aud tell you
"herc am Many years have passed along
since that son went away, and for years tho
father has been going 10 tho depot
in the village on the arrival Of evcry
| train. and when ho hears the whistle i'm the
distance he is thrilled with excitement. and
no waits until all tho passengers have come
out. and then hH waits until the trnin bas
gone clear out of sight ngain and then no
goes home Fastening back 10 the next train.
nhd ha VIII Dos at every train until that son
| cpucH back, unless thC son waits until tho
father bo dcld But OH the greater pnticnce
OF God. He has boon waiting for you. not
seFCu years, not nine years tut for some OF
you, twenty ycU-, thirty years. forty years
| hiiy Year, waiting, calling waiting calling
uhib hoihnI but Omlupptcut patience could
nave endured It Oh, my brother, do not tako
| ile sentiment Of fuy text us your sentiment
We DO care for your soul One Sabbath
nlthl years 400 in my church in Brook
| lyn, young man appeared at the end OF the
pntiprIn and De- sI.u tO me: ~ have Just come
of tho sea- ] said "Whcn did Won rrriveC
| Said Doc. "l came into port this aftcru, on j
"as in great blow. of Cape Hotteras this
ll.t week, nul / thought that / might "a
HcI EO tO heaven as ~ heii
thought u ship would sink: but. SIR
/ never very seriously thought about
mF soul uutI Tonight ] said to- him. "Do
you feel Chat Christ is able and willing h.
7. save Fouf 'Dh. Fc4." hc replied, "I do
'NoU ] said. upw are you willing 10 come
nul DE- -avcl by Huf II am, =" no said
.NrI viii you now, iu the prayer wo are
about iY nIDr give yourself o. God for time
nuI eternity. II will he said Then vo
kue.t Iu patlI. and after We had ggt
Through praying. Doc told me that tine great
trHu.iD' nation bad takau place + could not
doubt It le ie 0u tho sen now do not
know wini other port ho may gain or loo.
uut ] thlu' he wIIl gain The barbor OF heaven
Star or peace beam oor the bilIow.
bIa tle YII that ighe for Thoe
Bless tue sailors lonely pillow,
Iar, far at sea-
lt was sudden conversion with him that
night Dh That DO might ba sudden conver.
SION with Fou today Col can save Won in
nn" moment %. Wo' Hs Boo can iu "a century
There are sudden deaths. sudden calamities.
sudden loses WhyuOt sudden dcIvcraucesi
Coils spirit Ie infinite in speed Ho comes
t..a with Duu'Tn.nuf power and he is ready
hn". Hli uDn Iu-i1ut1uc0ulv aud forever.
~ -atc ,our soul belrto that % multitnde
oi fou VIII to-day como to God 4 feel you
gra coming, aud you viii bring along your